Nairaland
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Nairaland is a Nigerian English-language internet forum. Founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Seun Osewa on March 8, 2005, it is targeted primarily at Nigerian domestic residents and is the 6th most visited website in Nigeria.[1]
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Type of site | Internet forum |
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Available in | English |
Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
Area served | Worldwide |
Founder(s) | Seun Osewa |
URL | nairaland.com |
IPv6 support | No |
Advertising | Banner ads |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional[notes 1] |
Users | 3.0 million registered users (March 2023) |
Launched | March 8, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03-08) |
Current status | Active |
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It currently has over 3.0 million registered users with over 7.4 million topics created to date, and it is estimated that approximately 3% of Nigerian Internet users are registered on Nairaland, compared to Facebook's 11 million Nigerian users, which corresponds to approximately 20% of the local Internet population.[2] Registration is only necessary for posting, commenting or liking posts.